I recently picked up an Acer Aspire D270 netbook. It’s a bit slow with running Windows 7 and only 1GB of RAM. But it’s cheap, thin, and light, which are perfect qualities for using this on my upcoming bicycle tour.
I decided to upgrade to 2GB of RAM and replace the hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD). That would help speed up the computer and make it more durable for the bicycle tour. Both are reasonably priced upgrades nowadays.
With most netbooks, it’s rather simple to access the RAM and the hard drive, just a few screws to remove on the bottom. But not this netbook, I’ll share a couple of photos, though I’ll spare the exact details since there’s lots of sites and how to videos. First the keyboard has to be pried off. That was the major annoyance, the only thing I could find thin enough yet strong enough to fit in between was a steak knife. Continue reading →